Dr. Joshua “Josh” Wurman is an atmospheric scientist and the Executive Director of the FARM Facility, short for the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets. FARM uses mobile radars and other weather instruments to study tornadoes, hurricanes, and severe storms in the field.
Dr. Wurman’s research uses Doppler on Wheels, a truck-mounted radar system that allows scientists to measure winds close to a tornado. In one study, he and his colleagues combined radar data, video, and measurements from inside a tornado to see how its winds moved near the ground and compare those winds with the damage left behind.
In this Edutainment Learning conversation, students will hear what it takes to collect data near a tornado and what scientists can learn from a storm that may last only minutes.
